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Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

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Wed 22 May 2002 05:36 PM (UTC)

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i have an alias that calls a subroutine that sets a variable, which works fine. The variable name is 'stabperson' and the contents are the playername of the person who is currently the designated 'stabber' when in a group. No worries so far.
I am then trying to set a trigger so that when that particular person (and ONLY that person) stabs something, I automatically rescue them. This is where I'm having the problem.

the syntax when they stab is

"playername places an ice chisel in the back of the..."

so I have tried setting a trigger like this..

trigger: * places
send: rescue @stabperson

i have 'expand variables' checked and have tried this trigger with ' send : rescue @@stabperson ' as well, with no luck. Ideally I want the trigger set up so that the trigger AND what it sends is particular only to whatever the variable is that I've set.. like

trigger : @stabperson places
send : rescue @stabperson

can someone please help me with the correct syntax for this trigger and what it sends?
thanks

Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

Date

Reply #1 on Wed 22 May 2002 05:47 PM (UTC)

Message

..add on

I'm aware I could just have

trigger : * places
send : rescue %1

but I don't want it to be activated by anyone other than the playername i set in the variable.. :)

Posted by

Magnum Canada (580 posts)

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Reply #2 on Wed 22 May 2002 07:03 PM (UTC)

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Trigger: @stabperson places *
Expand Variables: Checked
Enabled: Checked
Send: rescue @stabperson

You were forgetting to allow for the rest of the text on the line...

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Posted by

Shadowfyr USA (1,786 posts)

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Reply #3 on Wed 22 May 2002 07:17 PM (UTC)

Amended on Wed 22 May 2002 07:18 PM (UTC) by Shadowfyr

Message

Ok first off.. Simply using one word to match along with the name is asking from trouble. I imagine that if 'Someone places a pot on the ground' they probably don't need rescuing. ;)

Your second problem is that using only one word like that requires regular expressions, which makes the possible errors even worse in your case since it would hit on 'any' match in which the word 'places' was found with at least one word in front of it.

So here's the simplest solution:

trigger : ^@stabperson places an ice chisel in the back of the .*
send : rescue @stabperson
Regular Expression: Checked

The .* is the key here since now the trigger says 'Match on the variable followed by "places an ice..." and then followed by anything else that may be there.', where your attempt said 'Match if there are -only- two words and the second one is "places"'.

This (assuming is even works lol) should be spoof proof, since the ^ will only allow it to match if it is at the start of the line and not in the middle of a tell, etc.

Hope this helps. It would probably be the first time I got a regular expression right the first try. ;) lol

Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

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Reply #4 on Wed 22 May 2002 08:09 PM (UTC)

Message

Thankyou both for your help.

Magnum - hehe yup I realised a little later that I had forgotton the * at the end to cover the rest of the line.. no wonder nothing would work.

Shadowfyr - unfortunately I cannot go any further than using '* places' as the weapons used vary greatly, however, the ^ is a great help, thanks.
By using the set variable at least i'll be limited to rescuing the designated stabber if they place a pot on the ground. Ya never know, it might be a very violent pot that doesn't like being placed on the ground :)

thanks again. If I have any probs, I'll post again. If not, you'll know you got it right first try :)

cheers

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (22,990 posts) bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #5 on Wed 22 May 2002 10:32 PM (UTC)

Message

The syntax:



^@stabperson places an ice chisel in the back of the .*

won't work because of a bug in MUSHclient that is fixed in 3.23.

However for now, match on everything, and test it in a script, eg like this:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="^(.*) places an ice chisel in the back of the .*"
   name="stab"
   regexp="y"
   script="OnStab"
   sequence="100"
  >
  </trigger>
</triggers>

Script ...

sub OnStab (sName, sLine, wildcards)

  if wildcards (1) = world.getvariable ("stabperson") then
    world.send "rescue " & wildcards (1)
  end if

end sub

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by Guest1 USA (256 posts)

Date

Reply #6 on Wed 22 May 2002 11:34 PM (UTC)

Amended on Thu 23 May 2002 12:20 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon

Message

Thanks for that :) will be testing it out soon.

I have another one for ya.. this one hopefully more basic. All I'm trying to do is to omit output from a world.send command sent from a sub routine..
I actually got it to work, but then it seemed to also stop me viewing some things generated by the mud..
Ok, here's one of the subroutines.. all I want to see is what everyone else sees in the World.send "grouptell..", not me inputting it as well.. just for this routine only, not for all my commands. I've been trying to add in the
world.note world.EchoInput
world.EchoInput = vbTrue
world.EchoInput = vbFalse;
but it's effecting things outside the subroutine as well.. can you help? I may have just been putting the above in the wrong place, but anyway, here is the script I'm trying to amend.


sub whiner (strTriggerName, trig_line, arrWildCards)
dim maxhpVar
dim oldhpVar 
dim hpVar
dim difference

     hpVar = arrWildCards (1)
     maxhpVar = World.GetVariable("maxhp")
     oldhpVar = World.GetVariable("oldhp")
     difference = oldhpVar - hpVar
     if difference > 40 then

	World.send "grouptell \a02\c17>>\c12 TANK REPORT \c17<<\a01\c12 " & hpVar & " / " & maxhpVar & " \a02\c17(-" 

& difference & ") \a01\c12*OUCH*\a01"

	World.SetVariable "oldhp", hpVar
      end if
      difference = hpVar - oldhpVar
      if difference > 40 then

	World.send "grouptell \a02\c17>>\c12 TANK REPORT \c17<<\a01\c12 " & hpVar & " / " & maxhpVar & " \a02\c15(+" 

& difference & ") \a01\c12*mmm*\a01"

	World.SetVariable "oldhp", hpVar
      end if      
end sub

Amended by Nick to add [code].

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (22,990 posts)

bio Forum Administrator

Date

Reply #7 on Thu 23 May 2002 12:23 AM (UTC)

Message

This example doesn't seem to be attempting to omit output. Can you post the version that does?

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Magnum Canada (580 posts)

Date

Reply #8 on Thu 23 May 2002 12:28 AM (UTC)

Amended on Thu 23 May 2002 12:41 AM (UTC) by Magnum

Message

Heh Heh. This is something I use extensively myself.

You should be able to put "world.EchoInput = vbFalse" just before a "World.Send" and then "world.EchoInput = vbTrue" on the line immediately after, and you will get the results you want.

In earlier versions, this was bugged, due to an inconsistency in the value stored in the VB constant vbTrue and vbFalse.

(Look for other threads on this subject "Echo Input")

Once it was pointed out, Nick fixed the bug, but I believe it may have creeped back in.

Recently, I experienced my echoinput remaining off, despite having it working properly for months in my script. Check the very recent posts, I think someone else just brought this up as well.

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Magnum.

Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

Date

Reply #9 on Thu 23 May 2002 12:47 AM (UTC)

Message

Hi Nick, Hi Magnum.. the one I tried was exactly as I posted, but with 'world.EchoInput = vbTrue' just before the 'World.Send' lines, and then 'world.EchoInput = vbFalse' just at the end of each 'World.Send' line. The result was exactly as Magnum said - echo input remained off.. had to switch it back on in file -> world properties -> input -> commands window.
This only happens with ones in script... selecting 'omit input' on triggers and aliases works fine.
just a fact of life?

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (22,990 posts) bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #10 on Thu 23 May 2002 01:34 AM (UTC)

Message

Depends which version of MUSHclient you have. However this should work in any version:



world.EchoInput = 1  ' turn echo on

The problem is, VB uses -1 for true, whereas C uses 1. The difference is what is causing the problem.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

Date

Reply #11 on Thu 23 May 2002 01:40 AM (UTC)

Message

and another stoopid question..
when I send 'rescue playername' and then fail the rescue, I get the message 'You fail the rescue!' as normal.
I want to set this as a trigger to rescue the same playername again, but since there is no char name in that message, I need to use the 'repeat last command' option to do it (manually CTRL + R).. but how to code this?
I've tried getting the trigger to fire a subroutine called repeat, and loaded in a subroutine containing

world.send world.getcommandlist (1) (0)

and keep getting errors.. *ack*
appreciate your help :)

Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

Date

Reply #12 on Thu 23 May 2002 01:44 AM (UTC)

Message

sorry I should have mentioned, I am coding in vbs

Posted by

Guest1 USA (256 posts)

Date

Reply #13 on Thu 23 May 2002 01:48 AM (UTC)

Message

that echo problem is fixed thanks..

world.EchoInput = 0
World.send "grouptell TANK REPORT "
world.EchoInput = -1

worked great :)

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (22,990 posts) bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #14 on Thu 23 May 2002 02:03 AM (UTC)

Message

Repeating the last command might be dangerous if you slipped another command in, in the meantime.

You already know the person, don't you? That is in the variable "stabperson".

Just make the trigger do this:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   expand_variables="y"
   match="You fail the rescue!"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>rescue @stabperson</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

However, if you are rescuing a different person, make an alias to remember the person's name, then change the trigger above to use that variable. eg.


<aliases>
  <alias
   name="Rescue"
   script="OnRescue"
   match="rescue *"
   enabled="y"
  >
  <send>%0</send>
  </alias>
</aliases>

Script ... 
sub onrescue (sName, sLine, wildcards)
 world.setvariable "rescuename", wildcards (1)
end sub

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

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